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The Irish Aviation Authority is pleased to announce the appointment by the Minister for Transport of Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA).

Anne Nolan was first appointed to the Board of the Irish Aviation Authority in 2006 and was re-appointed by the Minister for Transport for a second term in recent weeks.

Anne is currently Chief Executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Ltd. Anne qualified as a pharmacist in 1982 and became a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in 1983. She obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration from University College, Dublin, in October 1993 and in recent years has completed a number of the modules in the Director Development Programme at the Centre for Corporate Governance, UCD.

She was appointed Chief Executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Ltd in July 1994. She is currently a member of the:

• Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland
• Board of the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP).
• Executive Committee of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries (EFPIA)
• Board of the Smurfit Graduate School of Business

She was formerly a member of the Irish Medicines Board and the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

Anne is also a part-time lecturer (subject: management science) in the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin.

Commenting on the announcement and in welcoming the appointment of Anne Nolan as Chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority, Eamonn Brennan, CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority, said that:

"The Authority and Irish aviation will benefit greatly from this appointment. Anne Nolan has an unrivalled mix of business, aviation and regulatory experience at the highest level which will be invaluable to the Authority in meeting the growing challenges in aviation safety regulation and air navigation service provision."